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Erie County
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county in Ohio, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Ohio
- Founded
- March 16, 1838
- Named after
- Erie tribe
- Seat
- Sandusky
- Largest city
- Sandusky
- Total
- 626 sq mi (1,620 km )
- Land
- 252 sq mi (650 km )
- Water
- 374 sq mi (970 km ) 60%
- Estimate 2025
- 73,296
- Density
- 120/sq mi (46/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional district
- 9th
- Website
- eriecounty.oh.gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
Erie County
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Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Erie people
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Ohio
- Contains
- Sandusky
- Capital
- Sandusky
- Population
- 75622
- Area
- 1622
- Shares border with
- Huron County
- Headquarters
- Sandusky
- Official website
- www.eriecounty.oh.gov
- Image
- Sandusky, Erie County, Ohio Courthouse and fountain.jpg
- Households
- 31319
- Licence plate code
- 22
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- different from
- Erie County
- Commons category
- Erie County, Ohio
- topic's main category
- Category:Erie County, Ohio
- water as percent of area
- 60
- native label
- Erie County
- inception
- 1838-03-16
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Erie County, Ohio
- per capita income
- 34352
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Encyclopedic overview
Erie County is a county in the northern portion of the U.S. state of Ohio. As of the 2020 census, the population was 75,622. Its county seat and largest city is Sandusky. The county is named for the Erie tribe, whose name was their word for "wildcat". It was formed in 1838 from the northern third of Huron County and a portion of Sandusky County.
Erie County is included in the Sandusky, OH Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is also included in the Cleveland-Akron-Canton, OH Combined Statistical Area.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Erie County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.